What Your Counselor Will and Won’t Do!
by What would a counselor do if you had one? What to expect? Read on to find out!
Your Counselor will be Non-Judgmental
If you have a counselor who has any professional ethical base, he or she will not judge you. They will not tell you that you are wrong because that may get in the way of the therapeutic process. Instead they will listen with unconditional regard for you as a person, and they will help you to make your own judgments. Just don’t expect a counselor to judge how you choose to live your life; instead you will be respected as an individual!
Your Counselor Will Not Give Advice!
If you engage a counselor just to get some kind of advice or mental health magic wand, you will be disappointed! A counselor does not give advice because the realm of their training allows them to help you to restructure your thoughts so that you can be your own advisor, making healthy decisions and choices as you go about life!
Your Counselor will ask Incisive Questions
Your counselor will ask you the kind of questions that your friends and lay people are not trained to ask. The questions they ask will routinely be straight to the point; they will be questions that will force you to think in resourceful and positive ways how to create a better future for yourself.
Your Counselor Will Not Gossip about you!
There is a strict code of confidentiality between the counselor and his or her client. Don’t expect that if you go to a counselor your neighbor or friends will know – unless you choose to tell them!
Your Counselor Will Help You Think Better
Usually, the reason why someone will engage a counselor or therapist is because they need help in coping with some issue in his or her life. Usually this problem they have is due to faulty thinking patterns and styles. The professional counselor is adept and helping you break out of dangerous thought cycles, and replace them with thoughts that are much healthier.
Your Therapist will not have a prescription pad to give you medications
Not unless your therapist is a medical doctor that is! Most therapists are not medical doctors, they’re professionally qualified in counseling psychology and methods. They will prescribe other things than medicines, but this will most likely involve things like reading and other thought stimulating endeavors!
So, now that you have a clearer picture of what counselors do and don’t do, how about meeting or choosing one?
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